Is a Carnivore diet best for family heart health?
Host Claire McDonnell Liu discusses the deadly food myths around eating low fat, red meat, and saturated fats with heart surgeon Dr Philip Ovadia.
Listen as Dr Ovadia shares food tips and health strategies from his book 'Stay Off My Operating Table'; his own carnivore daily food habits; and tells all about the scary reality of heart surgery.
02:00 Heart surgery is preventible
03:00 Fat around the heart is not supposed to be there
03:40 Atherosclerosis, the thickening plaque in arteries, is increasing
05:00 Fat around heart is metabolic disease
05:40 The devastating death in surgery that changed Dr Ovadia’s career
06:30 Many don’t survive heart surgery, or will not be the same after
07:25 Prevention is better than fixing health conditions
08:00 Dr Ovadia's obesity throughout his life
09:00 Eat less, move more failed Dr Ovadia
09:40 Gary Taubes on food for health
10:00 Metabolic health prevention should be taught in medical school
10:34 Insulin resistance is the true root cause of heart disease
11:00 Heart disease prevention
11:25 What is ‘metabolic health’
12:00 How foods cause heart disease, cancers, diabetes and most chronic disease
14:30 The harmful food and health system rigged against keeping people healthy
13:00 The food environment around families
14:00 How sick the population really is
15:22 Don’t rely on the health system - it is not there to make people healthy
17:40 You are responsible for saving your own health
19:00 Shop around for healthcare practitioners.
19:45 Healthcare professionals do not understand how to get you off medications, prevent or reverse chronic health conditions.
20:45 How we can improve our health and prevent heart attacks
21:35 “The vast majority of our food is a poison”
22:00 Foods to eat to prevent heart disease and chronic disease
23:00 Is it possible to eat healthy whole foods in the modern world?
24:00 Flexible real food strategies and tips
28:15 Dr Philip Ovadia’s own food habits
29:40 Dr Ovadia’s typical ketovore, carnivore food day
31:40 Eating affordably on carnivore diet
32:00 How Dr Ovadia’s own family eats
33:00 How to educate children to make healthy food choices
37:00 Red meat is not causing heart disease, it is a healthy traditional food
39:00 Saturated fat should not be feared and is an important part of diet
40:00 Why Dr Ovadia prefers the simplicity of carnivore eating
42:00 Dr Ovadia’s heart health coaching with a low carb, carnivore, ketovore approach
42:30 Coronary Artery Calcium Scan scores
44:00 Low Carb diets and carnivore eating styles are evidence based
46:00 Claire’s family health and why she is so passionate about Dr Ovadia’s work
48:00 Coronary Artery Calcium Scan and basic blood work to check
49:00 Check these 5 metabolic health measures at home or at your GPs
49:30 Triglycerides, Cholesterol HDL and LDL health markers
49:55 Other measures of metabolic health: insulin levels, thyroid function, calcium, testosterone, oestrogen, progesterone, vitamin D level
52:00 Diary of CEO Steven Bartlett interview
55:30 Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners (SMHP) and Nutrition Network
56:30 How to change the health system
57:30 Dr. Ovadia’s book and support
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Family Health Lab Podcast: Game Changers S1: E23
Interviewer: Claire McDonnell Liu, Nutritionist
Episode time: 58:31
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IMPORTANT - The content in this video is not a substitute for medical advice. Always consult with your physician regarding your health matters. Individuals’ lifestyles, bodies and health histories vary. The author does not assume any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by the choice to implement any of the health strategies.
